tea boats

[trent]

I'm kind of confused with the function of a tea boat.
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If you already have a wooden gong fu tray, why would you need a tea boat to catch water?

[chrl42]

Ask Taiwanese & Cantonese who invented so many things just for a mere cup of tea

[betta]

Haha... don't understand either why

[Chip]

...I say, why not...

[hop_goblin]

I'm kind of confused with the function of a tea boat.
i.e.

and


If you already have a wooden gong fu tray, why would you need a tea boat to catch water?

Well, if you dont have a gongfu tray, you may need a teaboat! All in all they serve the exact purpose - as a receptical to capture water as you brew. I generally see the round type, such as the bottom item used with a Gaiwan and cups. And I typically see yixing pots resting on gongfu trays.

[Proinsias]

I could 'pimp my teaset' by buying one of those huge gong-fu tables to sit my gong-fu tray on and then buy a teaboat to sit on the tray - then I would have respect, oh yes.

[hop_goblin]

I could 'pimp my teaset' by buying one of those huge gong-fu tables to sit my gong-fu tray on and then buy a teaboat to sit on the tray - then I would have respect, oh yes.

You would have Godfather respect!

[daughteroftheKing]

Why buy?? Oh, because they're pretty, and don't we have to have one of everything???
Hmm, breakable though. Guess I'll stick with my pour-excess-water-into-the-sink method.

[Proinsias]

Cheap, not very breakable and multi-purpose. Sherab shows us why a tortilla box can be used as, amongst other things, a rather handy teaboat - if you don't mind drilling a few holes.

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The thought of gong-fu tea with the kitchen sink as the only place I can rid myself of water seems like too much hassle.

[daughteroftheKing]

A tortilla box and a bamboo mat - simple, creative, and even somehow beautiful. Thank you, Proinsias, for the link.

I don't truly gong-fu, so it hasn't been an issue for me. My thoughts seem just the opposite of yours -- if I had to use a separate appliance, carry it wet, then dump it out -- the very idea would keep me from ever having tea.

[Proinsias]

Horses for courses and all that.

The last pic in the link is the one showing the full conversion, drill 'n' all.

I'm tempted by a tortilla box meeting my drill and some summer garden tea goodness with little fear of breaking anything I'll shed tears over - it might even be weather resistant meaning it could a permanent fixture of the garden.

[Victoria]

Horses for courses

There's a new one!

I have serious lust over the flat one, the second picture.
Oy. Very nice.